In the December 6, 2012 edition of the Assessment & Accountability Update, ODE announced that OAKS Online would be offline for scheduled maintenance from 5:00 p.m. on December 17 through 7:00 a.m. on January 1. ODE has since received feedback from districts that will still be in session the week of December 17 expressing concern about the impact on their testing schedules. In response, OAKS Online will remain available until 5:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, giving districts an additional day for testing. ODE cannot further delay the scheduled maintenance without impacting the deployment of the ELPA and the Winter Online Writing Assessment.

The TA and Student Interface of OAKS Online will now be offline starting at 5:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 until 7:00 am PT on January 1, 2013. During this time, the Training Site, TIDE, and the Online Reporting System will remain available for authorized users.